Case studies

• LH study Farah et al 1988


  LH was in a road accident that resulted in mainly temporal and occipital lobes in both hemisphere. LH had better spatial info recall (such as finding places on a map) than visual recall (identifying shape and colour). Suggests STM seperatw stored that work seperately without interference
• KF study Shallice and Warrington 1970


  Brain injury as result of motorcycle accident. STM recall for digits was poor when someone else read it (auditory info) but better when he read to himself (visual info). Suggest STM multiple stores that all process different info types. However, unclear whether KF had other cognitive impairments and trauma from the accident that may have affected more than just STM recall
• MV study Carlesimo et al 2001


  MV had better visual imagery recall (shape and colour) than spatial recall (navigation ect). Suggests STM made up of seperatw stores and that more than one store can work together without interfering with the other
• SC study Trojano and Grossi 1995


  Damage to left temporal and parietal regions, and some loss of motor control on the left side of his body. Had difficulties with auditory phonological coding and his verbal STM. He could not learn or identify word pairs presented out loud, and found understanding spoken speech in conversations difficult
• EVR study Slinger and Damasio 1985


  EVRs brain tumour resulted in a removal of part of his orbitofrontal cortex. Performed well in reasoning tests and demonstrated above average intelligence. However, he had poor decision making skills and could not meet personal and professional responsibilities